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Babies can move and groove at the library

PORT PERRY -- There's still time for parents to sign up for a new baby program at Scugog Memorial Public Library. Musical Babies offers 30 minutes of music and movement for babies and the...

LeJeune named chair of ?March for Babies?

BATON ROUGE ? Dee LeJeune will serve as chair for March for Babies, the March of Dimes largest annual fundraiser. 

Holiday babies save taxes with exemptions, credits

It may be the first baby of the year who grabs the media headlines but it?s the last baby of the year who yields the tax savings. Babies who were born before the stroke of midnight this New Year?s Eve could save their parents thousands on their 2008 returns.

Study: Early Repeat C-Sections Puts Babies At Risk

A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine reports that elective, repeat C-sections performed earlier than the recommended 39 weeks increases the risk of complications for newborns. Dr. Catherine Spong, co-author of the study, says babies born under these conditions see double the risk of "adverse outcomes" such as nenonatal death.

Queens babies share honor of first born

The honor of being the first born in New York City in 2009 went to two babies born in Queens.

Winter babies face disadvantages

NOTRE DAME, Ind., Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Winter babies are, on average, less educated, less intelligent, less healthy and lower paid than people born in other seasons, U.S. researchers said.

Early C-sections raise risk to babies, study finds

Thousands of women put their babies at needless risk of respiratory problems, hypoglycemia and other ills by scheduling Caesarean-section deliveries too early, according to an analysis of more than 13,000 births published Thursday in The New England Journal of Medicine.

FLUSHING WELCOMES 2009 BABIES

A family from Bayside and another from Flushing welcomed the first two babies born in the five boroughs within the first 10 minutes of 2009, while a Richmond Hill family?s newborn son was the first delivered in the state during the New Year...

Early cesarean deliveries increase risks for babies, study finds

Elective C-sections performed before 39 weeks of pregnancy multiply the chance of serious complications, according to an analysis of more than 13,000 births. Thousands of women put their babies at needless risk of respiratory problems, hypoglycemia and other medical ailments by scheduling cesarean deliveries too early, according to an analysis of more than 13,000 births published today in the ...

Early C-section for full-term babies poses risk

More than half of all Cesarean deliveries are done by choice and more than a third are done too early, putting the babies at risk of breathing and other difficulties, U.S. researchers reported Wednesday.